Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-10

pay next TO nothing toward the support
OF the state, really contribute something
| River improvement companies. 1891. ~
AallroudS. Observation-Disclosures. 0l3,oNv.SU
/ Insurance companies. ............ 10, 4e9.Ol
| Plank roads. .................... 1893. 10
Ea press panies............... =, 496. 81
Teioohone and telegraph compa-
nA s.................. ........... l35lo.O9
Mining companies. 1865. II
Freight, sleeping and palace car
! companies. ................. l,oo'.es
Total. ....................... ssl2, III. rs
The amount assessed on the real and per-
sonai property for 1885 was l,202, l6l o.
it will thus be seen that the railroads
! alone. pay more than one third OF the en-
tire cost of running the state of Michigan.
| Representative Makelim has bill before
! the committee on state affairs which in
creages the rate To be paid by express COM
paniei to three per cent on their gross
! earnings, instead of the one per cent. that
is now paid. The taxation of the mining
companies seems small as compared with
/ their wealth.
The senate has passed the bill to confine
! damages in libel suits To actual damages,
and excluding exemplary damages.
Gov Luce has approved the following
| bills: To make al appropriation for the
deficiency Tor constructing and furnishing
| an asylum for insane criminals; and to
prevent the taking of promi@ory notes in
/ payment for cereals at fictitious values
OF the bills urged by the state newspaper
men, the committee on printing has re-
! Tor' ed favorably the one t. compel the
| | cards of supervisors To publish i'll n coun-
| " newspaper at the end of each session a
full report of their proceedings; and also
the one to compel the publication in one
/ or more papers OF ea.h county the terms
and places of holding circuit courts. AS
! the law now stands supervisors proceed
| ingS are published once year, in pamphlet
| form. and terms Of court are announced
in one paper in the circuit only.
The governor pardons Lewis Orth and
| VIII am Jones, who were sent from Mack
! mae county, Feb. -, lsSG, to ionia for four
and three and a half years, respectively.
for robbery
| Under the recent order of the state mill
tary board requiring all regiments TO elect
new officers for terms OF not less than one
or more than three years, elections will be
| held March ~, as follows: The first regi-
ment at Jackson the second at Grand Rap
ids and the third at East Saginaw; the
fourth has already elected officers.
The house in committee of the whole
! has agreed TO the bill ( or the purchase OF $50
! acres o. land for the Pontiac insane asy-
! lum and the appropriation of $4,000 for
the erection OF two buildings for the care
! If patients of quiet class who eau be ac-
commodated out,ide of the present build
| ing.
Resolutions eulogistc OF the late Ed
ward Bretung of Negaunee have been
adopted by both houses.
! Mr.. Anderson's bill to regulate railroads
! freight carloads
| pound, at s for distances not exceeding
! ten miles. nor more than twenty-five cents
/ per mile for the second ten miles. nor
more than 10 cents per mile for the third
| ten miles, and for distances exceeding
thirty miles the charge is in no case 10 ex-
{ eed one and onehalf cents ner ton II
| mile For distances less than thirty mile
the railroad shall be entitled to terminal
charges of 81 n car, and for all distances
over thirty miles and less than sixty
miles, $ n car.
The bill that no final judgment OF the
! supreme court shall be received or re
versed on writ of error by the supreme
court where the matter in dispute ex-
| elusive of costs is less than SEQ unless or
dered 10y a justice of the supreme court
has been adversely reported.
Miss Frances l.. willard was the first
| speaker at tho hearing before the senate
! committee on judiciary ana tne mouse
! committee on elections, sitting Jointly to
consider the bill to grant municipal suf-
/ frage TO women. Miss Willard appeared
! in advocacy of this bin and incidentally Of
! all measures propose q for the protection of
! girls and for extending the sphere OF wom-
! ans activity in the community. Mrs. Mary
j.. Doe of Bay City, president Of the state
suffrage association, spoke of the essential
| differences between municipal and general
suffrage AMI urged that the experiment.
/ proposed might be safely tried, as if it
was not success, the law could he easily
repealed. Mrs. Mary s. Nash Of Bay City,
after a few preliminary remarks in which
wit and earnest purpose were Blended
| read paper arguing That where women
are taxed they should certainly be repre-
sented in that class of elections
which most closely effect taxation; Mrs,
| Helen T. Jenkins of Detroit read an ex-
ceedingly bright and earnest paper urging
| the eXpediency OF this movement; Mrs. X.
y. Kellogg. OF lonia, Mrs. ketcham of
Grand Rapids. Mrs. Uaglett of Adrian,
and Mrs. Wilson Of Ionia followed in eff
! iective arguments on the same subject.
! An eN-member of the house who heard the
woman suffrage arguments before the
United States senate committee last win
ter, and who also sat through the hearing
/ in Lansing, says that. in cearness and
force the speaking and papers here sur
priscd those presented by the me nlbers of
tho national association in Washington.
The senate has passed the bill, which has
already passed the house, amending the
| libel law Of 1885. The amended section, J.
now reads rs follows: The words actual
damage in this act shall be construed to
/ include nl damages the plaintiff may
show lie has suffered in respect to his
property, business, trade. profession, or
occupation, and no other damages
| Tho senate committee on appropriations
/ and finance hive prepared 4 statement of
the amounts received by the state for
| specific taxes for the past year. 1t shows
/ the following comfortable hgures
! River Improvement companies..S 931 a
Railroad companies ............. 619399 20
/ Insurance companies. ........... 125, 4S9 OIL
| Plank rond companies. .......... 1,59S ~
/ Express companies 2496 81
: Telegraph and telephone COM
Mining companies. ........... 1888 IS
/ Freight, sleeping and palace car
companies ..................... 1857 81
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Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ssl2,7l1 IS
Tho Judiciary COMMITTEES OF the house
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